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Provisions on an Ocean Steamer.

The amount of provisions, groceries,
etc., on board an Atlantic steamer at
the time of sailing is very large. For
single passage to the westward, one OF
our most noted steamers, with SAT cabin
passengers and crew of 2S7 persons
had, when leaving Liverpool on August
% last, the following quantities of pro-
visions: 1850 pounds fresh beef,
700 pounds corned beef, $3.50 pounds
mutton, $50 pounds lamb, $50 pounds
veal, $50 pounds pork, 1000 pounds
fresh fish. 600 fowls, 800 chickens, 100
ducks, so geese, 80 turkeys, 200 brace
grouse, Is tons potatoes, 80 hampers
vegetables, 22O quarts ice cream, 1000
quarts milk, and II, 500 eggs.
In groceries alone there were over 200
different articles, including for the
round voyage of 90 days. $50 pounds
tea, 1900 pounds coffee, 1000 pounds
white sugar, 2, 800 pounds moist sugar,
.75O pounds pulvcrizcd sugar, 1900
pounds cheese, 1000 pounds butter,
8, 500 pounds ham, and 1000 pounds
bacon Boston Globe.
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FOR THE HOUSEWIFE.
How to itonst Beef.


In roasting meats OF all kinds the
method adopted should be the one that,
in the most perfect manner, preserves all
the juices inside the meat. To roast
beef in the best possible manner: Place
the clean cut side of the meat upon
smoking hot pan, which must bc over
quick fire. Press it close TO the pan
until scared and slightly brown. Re-
verse, and let the opposite side become
similarly scared and brown. Then put
it ut once in the oven, the heat of which
should be firm and steady, but not too
intense, and leave it undisturbed till
cooked. The time that should be al
lowed for cooking beef in this manner is
twenty minutes to the pound, if it is to
be rare-lcss half an hour deducted from
the aggregate time on account OF scar
ing. In other words, a five pound roast
of beef will require about m hour and a
quarter, a six-pound roast an hour and
a half, and so on. If the oven is not too
hot the beef requires no basting, and
is better without it. When the
oven is at tho proper tenn
perature and the cooking going on all
right the meat will keep up gentle sput-
tering in the pan. If, upon opening tho
oven door, this sputtering is not percep-
tble, more heat is required. But, if in ad-
dition to the suffering, any smoke is
discernible in the oven, the heat is too
intense and should bo lesscned. Unless
the heat Of the oven is too great the
drippings in the pan will not lurn and
smoke, and when the meat is cooked
there will be thin coating of brown
jelly in the pan, where the meat rested,
which, by the adding of stock or water,
will make delicious gravy.
Aroast of be fshould never lie washed,
and if it has accidentally been wet or
moistened, it should be carefully wiped
dry before it is scared or put to cool.
Soaring almost instantly coats the cut
side of piece of meat and prevents tho
escape Of juices in tho after process of
roasting, while firm, steady heat gent
ly hus thoroughly cooks it, and thus
both juices and flavor are preserved.
Basting is troublesome as we'll as
damaging process. And as salt and wa
ter have tendency to tougher and ex-
tract the juices of meat, they should not
be used while roasting, if it is desired to
have the meat sweet, juicy and tender.
Il [Restaurateur.
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Household Hints.

Never have q sink under window if
you can avoid it.
Keep lemon, in jar of water, to be
renewed every few days.
Moisture is the greatest enemy Of the
piano, and it cannot be TOO carefully
guarded against.
Hard soap should be kept in q dry
place several weeks before using. 1t
will last much longer.
Never have dark furniture for the
kitchen; itshows dust much more than
light and requires double the care.
Do not use cracked dishes; they alb
sorb oils or fats from different kinds of
food which render them unwholcsomc.
Ingram carpets need to be shaken
oftener than Brussels. as from their more
open weave the dust pcrcolates through
them.
Orange pie-Take the juice and pulp
oftwo large sour oranges and the grated
rind of one, cup of fsugar, one egg, a
coffee cup of water and two spoonfuls
of rice flour; mix these ingredients and
bake with two crusts, making the paste
very rich.
Apple .Fritters. and cut into
slices four or five tart, mellow apples
and soak in sweetened lemon juice. The
batter is composed of one quart milk,
one quart -four and eight eggs, the
grated rind of two lemons being added.
Now mix the batter and apples and drop
by spooniuls into hot lard, taking care
to have slice of apple in each fritter.
How to Boil Fresh Fish - Clean
thoroughly, rub with pepper and salt
and drop into boiling water, first pin
ming it in towel. A large fish will re-
quire three-quarters of an hour fast boil
ing, a small one less time in proportion.
When done place in dish and garnish
with eggs, drawn butter and parsley.
Mushroom catsup is used frequently with
boiled fish.
Friar's Pudding Stale bread, half
pint of milk, two ounces of moist
sugar, cinnamon, flour, quarter of a
pound of butter. Cut the bread into
slices about half an inch thick; put the
milk, sugar and cinnamon into bowl,
dip each piece of bread into it several
times, but do not allow it to break, then
roll it lightly on tho -four. Put the but
ter into frying pan; when hot put in
the pieces of bread, fry until of light
brown color on both sides, take them
out with fork, and put them on clean
cloth to absorb the fat. Serve on u hot
dish, with powdered sugar over each.
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Where Lightning strikes.

From statistics collected in parts d
the German empire, G. Hellmann fnd(
that the danger from lightning, though
generally increasing, is diminishing in
certain districts, the r.sk becoming less
the more closely houses are clustered.
The character of the soil has great in
fuence. Letting represent the danger
from lightning on calcareous ground, .
will give it upon marly, 8 upon sandy,
and % upon clayey soil. 1t is curious
fact, not yet explained, that oaks are
struck much more frequently than other
trees; so that if the danger for beeches
be 1, that for pines is 10, and for oaks
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PEARLS OF THOUGHT!

Nothing is so fearful as a bad con-
science.
lie that has no character is not man;
he is only thing.
The crutch OF Time accomplishcs moro
than the cub OF Hercules.
Advice is like castor oil; easy enough
to give, but hard enough to take.
The path of genius is not less o6-
structcd with disappointment than that
of ambition.
No man breaches his sermon we'll to
others if he does not first preach it to
his own heart.
The worst prison is not of stone. 1t
is of throbbing heart, outraged by IN
infamous life.
When one has no good reason for
doing thing, he has ono good reason
for letting it alone.
Revenge is a debt, in the paying OF
which the greatest knavo is honest and
sincere, and, so far as ho is able, pune
tual.
Of all the riches that we hug, of all
the pleasures We enjoy, We can carry no
more out of this world than out of q
dream.
Vicious habits arc 80 odious and de-
grading that they transform the individ =
ual who practiscs them into an incarnato
demon.
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What q Copyright Is.

A copyright is, according to the act
of 1874, the sole liberty Of printing, re-
printing, publishing, compiling, copy
ing or executing any original article, en-
craving or print. A printed copy Of
the article to be copyrighted must be
sent to the Librarian of Congress. The
fee for recording is fifty cents, and the
same amount is charged for n certificate
of such record. The right lasts for
twenty eight years, and a renewal for
fourteen years may be had by applica-
tion six months before the expiration o.
the original term ID !troit Free Press.
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Hinloo Legend About Monkeys.

IIintloo Legend About Monkeys.
Prince Carl of Sweden and Norway, in
the course Of his tour in India, in 1888,
saw some tiger hunting in the jungle
near Hydcrabad. Around this city the
ground is covered with large blocks OF
stone, lying higgledypiggledy, and part
ly piled on one another in fantastic
fashion. Prince Carl says that, accord
ing to IIindoo belief, the blocks were
brought to this spot four thousand years
ago by m nkoys. At that period these
animals dwelt in great numbers beyond
the Himalayas. They conceived the
notion of building bridge between the
mainland and the island of Ccylon.
How were they to do it9 Led by their
chiefs, the monkey hordcs left their
home beyond the mountains, bearing
with them the huge boulders with which
they were to construct the bridge. But
the way was long and weary, and by the
time they reached the spot where Hy-
derabad now stands they abandoned
their mighty enterprise and threw down
their heavy burdens, which lic there to
this very day; to show the tale is true,
of course. - Little Folks.
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Dawn.

Mist on IL mountain height
Silvery creeping;
Incarnate beads Of light
Blood-cradled sleeping,
Dripped from the brow Of Night.
Shadows. and winds that rise
Over the mountain,
Stars in the spars that lies
Cold in the fountain,
Pale as the quickened skies
Sleep on the moaning sea
flushing his trouble5
Rest on the cares that be,
Hued in Life, bubble;
Calm on the woes Of me.
Mist from the mountain height
Hurriedly feeting;
Stars in the locks of Night
Throbbing and beating,
Thrilled in the coming light.
Flocks on the musky strips,
Pearl in the fountain,
Winds from the forests lips
Red on the mountain
Dawn from the Orient trips.
MADISON J. CAwEIN In Current.
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SCIENTIFIC SCRAPS.

Professor Davidson says that the Lick
telescope will unveil stars of one degree
fainter magnitude than can be detected
by the instruments now in use. This
would bo no small gain. A correspond
ingly increased power ought to add to
our knowledge of Mars, which is the
planet of most immediate interest to OBJ
servers on this globe.
The autographomcter is an instru-
ment lately devised in Paris for auto
matically recording the topography and
difference of level of all places over
which it passes. 1t is carried about on
light vehicle, and has only to be
dragged ovor the ground of which plan
is desired.
An apparatus of iron and glass, in
which a pressure of one thousand at
mospheres can be developed for the pur-
pose of studying the influence of great
pressure on animal life, has been cx-
hibited to biologists in France. With 1t
deep sea animals can bs observed un-
der their natural compression.
In paper read before the London
Anthropological Institute, Prof, Ferricr
has considered the function of different
parts of the brain so far as at present
settled. He concludes that not enough
is known to serve as the basis OF SCI
entifc phrenology, though thcro are
reasons for believing the great progress
may yet be made.
Prof. Ncumayer of Hamburg urges
the necessity of Antarctic exploration,
laying special stress on its Importance
for geology und palcontology. He on
ticipates that it will show that the south
pole was centre of dispersion Of ami
mails and plants for the southern hcmi-
sphere, as tho north pole is believed to
have been for the northern.
There arc three wicks to tho lamp OF
mans life; brain, blood and breath.
Press the brain q little, its light goes
out, followed by both the others. Stop
the heart minute, and out go all three
of the wicks. Choke the air out OF tho
lungs, and presently the fluid ceases to
supply the other centres OF fame, and al
is soon stagnation, cold and darkness.
NJ. Lessenne claims that certain sign
of death is tho permanent gaping OF a
wound made in the skin by puncturing
it with needle. If the person be liv-
ing, blood will usually follow the with
drawal of tho needle; but, whether it
does Or not, tho wound will close at
once. The puncture made in the skin OF
dead person will remain open, as il
made in leather.
In q recent lecture, Prof. William
Turner of Edinburgh university, gave
the speed of the Greenland whale as nine
or ten miles an hour, and that of the
great fnner whale as probably twelve
miles. One OF the latter animals was
stranded on British coast some years
aro, and was found to have length of
eighty feet, a weight of seventy-four
tons, and q width of tail Of eighteen to
twenty feet. With these data the
builder of the Anchor line steamships
calculated that. in order to attain
speed of twelve miles an hour, this
whale must have exercised a propelling
forco of one hundred and forty-iive
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Had Seen Him.

'I left boy about II years old OIL:
here when I went iu," said farmer
Yesterday as he came out of the City
Hall.
II saw him, sir" said q bootblack
about foot high.
"Wherc did he go3'
"Why, he run out his tongue at me,
and the last I saw of him he was going
for the woods. Idon't take sass from
any granger, I on't!"-[Detroit Free
Press.
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The DoR's Example.

Johnnie was very careless little boy.
He was always losing his play and
books, tearing his clothes, forgetting
errands, and making himself and every
one else great deal of trouble. He had
a habit of doing things that he ought
not to do, and of going into places
where he ought not to go. He never
meant to be naughty, but he didn't take
time to think, and sometimes his poor
mamma almost lost patience with him.
"Oh, Johnnie, Johnnie" she would
say, "just look at your feet, all covered
with mud! See how you have spoiled
my nice clean foor!'
Johnnie looked very sorry. 'Oh,
mamma, didn't mean to, but I didn't
think" he said eagerly.
Mamma shook her head. "That is
what you always say, Johnnie, and yet
almost every day my floor is tracked by
your dirty feet. I am almost afraid to
take you with me to visit Aunt Jane.
ooh, mamma, do let me 60. I will
be very careful; indeed, indeed I will"
Johnnie promise earnestly.
"Wcll, I will try you this time" said
mamma: shut remember, Johnnie, that
fyou do not cure yourself of this bad
habit, Aunt Jane will not be likely to
invite you again."
johnny promised once more to be
careful and he really meant to keep his
word; but alas! the very first day of his
visit he "forgot" again, and Aunt JaLe's
pretty carpet was almost ruined by his
muddy shoes.
"Oh, am always forgetting!" ex-
claimed poor Johnnie in dispair.
"You will have to take lessons of my
dog" replied his auat. 'Major is not
handsome, but am afraid he must be
smarter and better behaved than you are
in some things. When he first came to
live with me he used to come to the
house with dirty paws, but every time
lie did so took q pan of water out on
the steps and washed them before al
lowing him to come in. H. soon learned
to be careful, and never gives me trouble
now. often see him go out of his way
to cross the street on the cross walk in
stead of going through the mud.
Major prickcd up his ears and wagged
his tail at this praise, but Johnny hung
his head for very shame. At last he
stopped down and patted the dogs
head.
"WclI. old Major, you needn't think
I'm going to be beaten by you," he said ;
and from that time mamma was never
again troubled by his dirty shoes.
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Somewhat Embarrassed.

Little G;rl-'IIow many hairs have
you got on your hcad|
Visitor-"I don't know, littlo girl, I
never counted them"
sMr. Jones knows how many you
have got. I heard him say that you
owed more debts than you had hairs on
your head. Take off your hat, and
lemme sec. " -[Siftiags
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CLlLDREN'S COLUMN.
The E'ire-Flte1.

The tITe-tltc1.
Tiny Prue walkel abroad i'll tho twilight
OF eve with her mother and Inc.
Not a star swung aloft for q skylight
To the pilgrim on land or on sea.
But the fire flies that crowded the highway
Had lighted their quiverins lamps
Over meadow and pasture and by-way,
Wooded upland and reel-covered damps.
And PrLe, when she saw what plunder
OF glory these torchmen bore by,
Cried aloud in surprise, "Oh, wonder
II the stars have come down from the
skye
-[Harper's Youag People.
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Johnny Knew,

School Teacher--Johnny what is tho
s'cond letter of the alphabet2
Johnny-Don't know.
School Teachcr-What flies about the
garlen2
Johnny-When2
School Tcacher-In the summer.
Johnny-Oh, I know-mothcr after
jhem hens. .-[Tid-B IS.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-07-07
RNPORCRD ABSENCE.
Law Concerning Settlers
Driven from their Claims
BY Drought.
Comments on the Career of
Secretary Matthews.
SOLEMN FOURTH OF JULY.
San Francisco Again Afflicted
with q Murder Every Day.
spseeksls On the Move SPyEsg Out
LAad-Chanses Very slight Mere
Steamer Reports watching
the Canadian Paeiae- In
guest Held.
ExFoRCED ABsKxCE.

ooAMIsszoNKR SPARKS WHITES coscKRS-
EAG sETTLKRs DRIVEN FRo1G rHRIR
cLArMs BY CLIMATIC CAUSES.
MAaETRoToN, July 6.-Oommlssioner
Sparks, Of the General Land Ofioe, has
received Q letter from public land en-
tFyman in eastern Colorado, stating
that the dFought has already grestly
damaged the cFops In that section, and
that IL if continues much longer tbs
crops wfll be q ocmplese failure; that
insects have destroyed the growing
vegetables. and there is no food for the
stock. The entryman states that hia
neiQhboFs are forced 10 leave their
holdings to obtain the necessaries Of
life, and asks II this absence will oper-
ate TO defeat their elaiu, when final
proof, II any proof, is offered.
The Commissioner answer is Inn
poFsant, as indicating the policy OF the
general land office With respect to their
cases, Of which IL is stated there are a
large number in different points OF the
West. The Commissioners says: "fha
distressing situation you have men
TONED appeals 90 my strong sympathies
IN favor of the actual settlers on the
public domain, who are suffering from
drousht and loss Of crops. and whatever
relief may be possible withia the dis
cFetion Of this ofiee, will be extended
TO enable them TO preserve their
elRims- The settlers who are
obliged 10 leave their claims on account
Of dFoaaht should be prepared TO ac
o0unt for their absence from this cause
when they make final proof. bat in such
cases proof should mot be offered until
the Law has been fally complied with
after their return to the land. Enforced
absence IN aecouRt Of climatic reasons
will net impeFil their claim il the fact
% established when proof is made, and
II proof 10 not attempted 10 bs made in |
advance Of the time when residence and |
and cultivation required |
by Law can be satisfactorily shown"
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-07-07
CRIMg RAMPANT.

sAS FRANCISCO THE scKNE or A MURDER
EvERY DAT ron THREE And PRoH
ABLY FoUR DAYS.
San FRANcEsco. Saly 6.--Orime ap-
pears to have been let loose again.
Three murders have occurred here In
the past thrse days, and this evening 9
stabbinR aGny took place which will
probably add another 10 the list. The
scene Of the fracas was tenement
house. occupied by Spanish people, IN
Vallejo street. DanIie Flores, one Of
the roomefs. Wills intoxicated. threw
hatchet aa Mrs. Maria Barro, another
roomeF, and missed her. The woman
picked up the weapon and threw IL back.
woundinR Flores In the temple. The
latter left the room and returned With q
long knife and stabbed Mrs. BaFro In
the abdomen An old man named
Louis ViQas came 10 the woman's res
cue, bak returned 90 reoeivirR bad cut
In TIE face by Flores Tue police at
this moment arrived and placed the
eombatant under arrest. Mrs. BArro
10 most seriously huFt.
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soLKMN POURTH

How THK PEOPLE II VIRGINIA CITY
PARsKD THE GREAT HOLIDAY.
San Francisco, July 6.-Df. ]. II. Rae,
Of Carson, Who has Just arrived here
from Virginia City, said 10 reporter:
Such deep grief / never saw before
anywhere. There vas no celebration
there on the Fourth; they could not
have any; nobody was In the mood TO
O lebrate. Colonel Ellis made short
oration and there were come other exsr-
cisea In connection With 10, all 10 q
quiet way, but there were no drecrack-
ers or anything else to indicate the
eharaoser Of the day. ID vas more like
a funeral than anything else. The
women, immediate relatives Of the dead
miners, and even others, we're moaning
and crying. Il was the saddest sight
ever beheld.
"rhere 10 no hope now. SupeFin.
tendent Patten has done everything be
csuid, but there 10 no use. The total
fund raised for the miners families has
reached about $1,000"
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-07-07

HoME SECRETARY MATHEWS GIVEN THE
ENTIRE RKNKFTT OF THE GOVERN
MENT's DEFRAT.

HoMK SECRETARY MATHEWS GIVES THE
KNrIRx BxNKFTr OF THE GOVERN
MKNT's DKFKAT.
LONDON, July 6.-The Times says
'The Government have to thank Mr..
Matthews deficiency in tact and knowl.
edge Of the world for their defeat. His
replies displayed bis singular incapacitS
to grasp the true nature Of affairs"
The Standard says: "The Govern
aaeRt have themselves ts blame. for
course. was primarily responsible, but
bis colleagues, and especially Smith,
must share the blame. It was the duty
Of the Government 10 see that right
prevailed, and for neRlecting that duty
they have been brought TO sharp reck-
oning."
The Press Associations represent
alive says there ID no good grounds for
believing that Matthews. Home Sec-
retary, will resign Notwithstanding
the action Of the Honse of Commons
last night. The Pail Nall Gazette says;
''If Matthews we're q man of honor and
a gentleman this mornings pagers
would have announced that he had re-
signed. He crowned last night q min
jsteFial career Of almost continuous fail.
are by exhibiting combined incspabil.
itiea almost unprecedented"
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-07-07

DarinR the m0aih of May thsre 4sgs
ninetssn new Oh welia eomplet8d "a
Alien Oonnty, OHIO. The i8wsst yisit
was twenty bsrFels per day and tts
tigbesa $50. Il 90 total ressipia sf tne
Baeksye Fips iius since daaaMg Ass
An0unted 20 1.424, ,7a3 baFEsla.
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Attend sAe star Clothing House Rfsat
FouEth Of Jolly ciotbiaa sale this week
this week. Als CommsE9tAl street
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100 dcxen eents' touE-piy alAAsdirR
llHsn collars, Soc. per dozsn. T0EtAs 3
sns9EaMAs.
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NOTICE.

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pAtea ssxttlN. gRsy l. ISL.
sreist LRANDeR aTLLKA. 3uA1aftz.
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sAx FAAScTsco,J July al. d. Sprecx-
els, President Of the Oseanie Steamship
Company. sailed for San Diego yester-
day for the purpose Of making neoes-
sAFY arrangements for tauchlng bis libs
Of steamers az that poFs snro1te "a
Australia.